The Faculty of Engineering offers the following courses in the off-campus learning mode:
Maintenance management and reliability engineering: postgraduate programs
Maintenance
and reliability engineering have become powerful tools in improving industrial
profitability. This has surely never been more so with many existing physical
assets required to be in service longer and to work better. Since 1985,
hundreds of engineers, managers and senior technical people, from across all
disciplines, have increased their skills and capability by completing Monash
University postgraduate programs in maintenance management and reliability
engineering.
Organisations from many industries have gained by improved asset performance
through such investment in their peopleís knowledge and skills, and
individuals have equipped themselves for career advancement. A recent
Institution of Engineers study identified specific skills engineers will need
in the public sector, and half of these are included in our programs. The
IEAust also reported that the last five years had seen a dramatic swing away
from managers without up-to-date technical skills, and that retraining in
technical postgraduate courses was the best way for managers to boost their
skills: an MBA no longer guaranteed improved earning power.
The programs are only offered by off-campus learning - there are no
on-campus classes, except at the compulsory residential school held each year
at Gippsland campus (except for the reliability engineering program, which has
no residential requirement). Details of these schools are sent six weeks ahead.
Students consider the residential school and the contacts with other students
and staff to be most valuable. (These programs are also offered in North
America via the University of Tennessee, with the residential school held at
Knoxville. Different fees, application processes and residential school
arrangements apply - contact the coordinator for details).
Normally, four units are studied in a year, but a lesser study load is
possible. The reliability engineering units are offered on a semester basis;
all the others run for the full year (February to October). Each unit is of six
credit points and requires about four hours of effort per week, but this does
vary with the individual.
Students for the Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering may seek
reversion to the graduate diploma. Similarly, students in the Graduate Diploma
in Engineering Maintenance Management may seek reversion to the graduate
certificate. The qualification is awarded if the required units have been
passed.
The following particulars are common to all the programs. Any differences are
given under each program heading.
The programs satisfy the requirement of the Institution of Engineers Australia for continuing professional development.
HECS
places are expected to continue to be available, but may be subject to a quota
and will be allotted in order of application. Once HECS places have been
filled, full-fee places will be available ($1250 per unit in 2002) and should
be tax-deductible for students employed in this field.
Anybody is welcome to enrol in a single unit (on a fee-paying basis) without
enrolling in a complete program leading to an award. However, a complete
qualification is best and can only be gained by applying for a program (and
passing it). Excellent results on completion of a single unit will be
favourably regarded for entry to the program.
Assessment varies from unit to unit, with all having assignments or projects and some also having an examination.
Students are assumed to have basic computer literacy and to have access to a personal computer.
More detailed information on these postgraduate programs is included in the fact sheet, available from the coordinator, Mr Ray Beebe, telephone (03) 5122 6496, fax (03) 5122 6500 or email ray.beebe@eng.monash.edu.au.
Applications
must include a certified copy of a degree testamur or other formal
qualifications, but copies of certificates from private short non-award courses
are NOT required. Applicants without a degree must supply a CV, as detailed
under the graduate certificates below. Credits may be granted for completion of
similar units studied previously, and it is the responsibility of the applicant
to request such credits and provide evidence of completion.
A letter from the applicantís employer is required, indicating support
for (i) access to plant and data for study projects and (ii) attendance at the
residential school, where required. If self-employed, or for other special
reasons, the requirement for a letter may be waived.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Student Matters Officer,
Monash Engineering, Gippsland, Churchill Victoria 3842 Australia, by 30
November 2002 to be eligible for a first-round offer. Later applications will
be accepted if places are available.
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